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Port Storm-Control Broadcast Enable; Port Storm-Control Broadcast Rate - Dell PowerConnect 5316M Reference Manual

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port storm-control broadcast enable

The port storm-control broadcast enable Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode command
enables broadcast storm control. To disable broadcast storm control, use the no form of this
command.
Syntax
port storm-control broadcast enable
no port storm-control broadcast enable
Default Configuration
Broadcast storm control is disabled.
Command Modes
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
User Guidelines
Use the port storm-control broadcast rate Global Configuration mode command, to set the
maximum allowable broadcast rate.
Multicast frames can be counted as part of the "storm" frames if the port storm-control
include-multicast Global Configuration mode command is enabled.
Example
The following example enables broadcast storm control on port g15.
console(config)# interface ethernet g15
console(config-if)# port storm-control broadcast enable

port storm-control broadcast rate

The port storm-control broadcast rate Global Configuration mode command configures the
maximum broadcast rate. Use the no form of this command to return to the default value.
port storm-control broadcast rate rate
no port storm-control broadcast rate
rate — Maximum packets per second of broadcast and multicast traffic on a port (Rate: 0
- 65535
Note that if the rate is 0, broadcast packets are not forwarded.
).
Default Configuration
The default storm control broadcast rate is 1000.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
Ethernet Configuration Commands
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